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Meaning of "unintelligent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNINTELLIGENT

unintelligent  [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNINTELLIGENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unintelligent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNINTELLIGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unintelligent

Stupidity

Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. Stupidity may be innate, assumed, or reactive – a defence against grief or trauma.

Definition of unintelligent in the English dictionary

The definition of unintelligent in the dictionary is lacking intelligence; stupid; foolish. Other definition of unintelligent is not endowed with a mind or intelligence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNINTELLIGENT


agent
ˈeɪdʒənt
argent
ˈɑːdʒənt
contingent
kənˈtɪndʒənt
corrigent
ˈkɒrɪdʒənt
diligent
ˈdɪlɪdʒənt
dirigent
ˈdɪrɪdʒənt
divergent
daɪˈvɜːdʒənt
exigent
ˈɛksɪdʒənt
indigent
ˈɪndɪdʒənt
intelligent
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
intransigeant
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt
negligent
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒənt
newsagent
ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt
nonnegligent
ˌnɒnˈneɡlɪdʒənt
pageant
ˈpædʒənt
reagent
riːˈeɪdʒənt
regent
ˈriːdʒənt
sergeant
ˈsɑːdʒənt
subagent
sʌbˈeɪdʒənt
urgent
ˈɜːdʒənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNINTELLIGENT

unintegrated
unintellectual
unintelligence
unintelligently
unintelligibility
unintelligible
unintelligibly
unintended
unintentional
unintentionally
uninterest
uninterested
uninterestedly
uninterestedness
uninteresting
uninterestingly
unintermitted
unintermittedly
unintermitting
uninterpretable

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNINTELLIGENT

chemical agent
convergent
emergent
estate agent
export agent
free agent
gent
indulgent
insurance agent
insurgent
intransigent
real-estate agent
release agent
Sargent
secret agent
special agent
stringent
tangent
travel agent
wetting agent

Synonyms and antonyms of unintelligent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNINTELLIGENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unintelligent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unintelligent

Translation of «unintelligent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNINTELLIGENT

Find out the translation of unintelligent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unintelligent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unintelligent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

愚蠢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco inteligente
570 millions of speakers

English

unintelligent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूर्ख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неумный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unintelligent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুদ্ধিহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inintelligent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bijak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unintelligent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭の悪い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unintelligent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thông minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akılsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unintelligent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieinteligentny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерозумний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neinteligent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unintelligent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onintelligent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ointelligent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uintelligent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unintelligent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNINTELLIGENT»

The term «unintelligent» is regularly used and occupies the 86.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNINTELLIGENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unintelligent

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3 QUOTES WITH «UNINTELLIGENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unintelligent.
1
Ernest Bevin
Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.
2
Chloe Grace Moretz
I was raised to think cursing makes you look unintelligent.
3
Timothy Spall
I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNINTELLIGENT»

Discover the use of unintelligent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unintelligent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unintelligent Design
Physicist Perakh critically reviews recent trends towards harmonizing religion and science, and shows that all such approaches are little more than tailoring evidence to fit the desired theory.
Mark Perakh, 2004
2
Unintelligent Design: Why God Isn't As Smart As She Thinks ...
Why the waste? And shouldn't we sue God for sinus blockages, hernias, appendix flare-ups and piles, not to mention bad backs? This is a book to infuriate the forces of darkness, and anger and amuse the rest of us.
Robyn Williams, 2006
3
Emotional Intelligence For Dummies
Recognizing. an. Emotionally. Unintelligent. Person. People who are low in emotional intelligence tend to have low emotional selfawareness. As a result, they often don't even realize that they're out of sync with the people around them.
Steven J. Stein, 2009
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Counselling Psychology: Integration of Theory, Research and ...
This hypothetical research question asks: Do people's ratings of self-worth differ, depending on whether they consider themselves intelligent or unintelligent? Each of the above two experimental methodologies can be used to answer this ...
Petrūska Clarkson, 1998
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Family Constellation: Its Effects on Personality and Social ...
At any rate, intelligent parents are likely to have intelligent children and unintelligent parents unintelligent children. In spite of that trend, however, there are variations of intelligence among the children of a given sibling configuration. Intelligent ...
Walter Toman, 1993
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The Writings: Origen contra Celsum, books II - VIII
He accuses the Christian teacher, moreover, of “seeking after the unintelligent.” In answer, we ask, Whom do you mean by the “unintelligent?” For, to speak accurately, every wicked man is “unintelligent.” If then by “unintelligent” you mean the ...
Origenes, 1872
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Origen Against Celsus Book 3
He accuses the Christian teacher, moreover of “seeking after the unintelligent.” In answer we ask, Whom do you mean by the “unintelligent?” For, to speak accurately, every wicked man is “unintelligent.” If then by “unintelligent” you mean the ...
Origen
8
The Reasoner: and 'Herald of progress' [afterw.] The ...
Again : the existence of intelligence and power, together with their amount and nature, can only be inferred from their effects. If then there be no cognizable difference between the operatious of an intelligent cause and those of an unintelligent ...
‎1846
9
The Reasoner
Again : the existence of intelligence and power, together with their amount and nature, can only be inferred from their effects. If then there be no cognizable difference between the operations of an intelligent cause and those of an unintelligent ...
‎1847
10
Artificial General Intelligence
When defining intelligence, many authors ignore the complementary question: what is unintelligent? If everything is intelligent, then this concept is empty. Even if we agree that intelligence, like almost all properties, is a matter of degree, we still ...
Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNINTELLIGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unintelligent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Holly Madison calls ex Criss Angel “unintelligent” “virtually illiterate …
In Holly Madison's new tell-all book Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, the former Girls Next Door star ... «Starcasm.net, Jul 15»
2
Holly Madison Slams Ex-Boyfriend Criss Angel -- Calls Him 'Scary …
Once the facade started to fade, Madison says she "found him to be unintelligent" and "virtually illiterate" -- and realized they had very little in common. «TooFab.com, Jul 15»
3
Amazon releases unintelligent $100M funded Alexa to third-party …
It's only been a few days since Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Echo Bluetooth speaker went public – and now, Alexa's already being expanded beyond Echo's ... «The Hoops News, Jun 15»
4
Presidency blasts Fashola over "irresponsible and unintelligent
The Presidency on Friday said it was irresponsible and unintelligent for the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to have stated that Thursday's deadly ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Mar 15»
5
Why Are Intelligence Agencies So Unintelligent?
Robert Scheer, Leslie Cockburn and Juan Cole discuss how intelligence agencies have failed when it comes to the Middle East, terrorism and other areas. «Truthdig, Feb 15»
6
Cristiano Ronaldo blasts 'unintelligent' reporter
Liga leaders Real suffered their worst defeat since a 5-0 drubbing from Barcelona at Camp Nou in 2010 in what coach Carlo Ancelotti labelled the darkest day of ... «Goal.com, Feb 15»
7
Cristiano Ronaldo slams 'unintelligent' journalist in fiery exchange …
The shock defeat was in the 30-year-old's first game back following his two-match suspension for kicking an opponent against Cordoba, after which he pointed ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
8
How to Survive an Emotionally Unintelligent Boss
My boss has the emotional intelligence of a wrecking ball. This was the opening line in a recent coaching conversation I had with Pat (not his real name, ... «Huffington Post UK, Feb 15»
9
'Unintelligent Blacks': Why Apple's Tim Cook and Charles Barkley …
Whatever you think about Charles Barkley, one thing's for sure, the guy will speak his mind. Just last week it was reported that Barkley chose to unleash to the ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
10
Charles Barkley and the Plague of 'Unintelligent' Blacks
"There are a lot of black people who are unintelligent, who don't have success. It's best to knock a successful black person down because they're intelligent, they ... «The Atlantic, Oct 14»

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